{"id":265248,"date":"2019-01-11T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1004399"},"modified":"2019-01-11T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:32:00","slug":"1-year-after-japanese-suicide-forest-controversy-logan-paul-says-he-will-go-gay-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/1-year-after-japanese-suicide-forest-controversy-logan-paul-says-he-will-go-gay-for-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Year After Japanese &#8220;Suicide Forest&#8221; Controversy, Logan Paul Says He Will &#8220;Go Gay&#8221; for a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.470967741935\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018011\/rs_634x1024-180111075108-634.Logan-Paul-JR-011118.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Logan Paul\" alt=\"Logan Paul\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">David Livingston\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"21.857718120805\">\n<p><strong>Logan Paul<\/strong> is back in the headlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A year after the controversial YouTube star came under fire for posting footage of what appeared to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/903046\/youtube-star-logan-paul-apologizes-after-posting-video-filmed-in-japanese-suicide-forest\" target=\"_blank\">a dead body after an apparent suicide<\/a> in Japan&#8217;s Aokigahara forest, the 23-year-old star is once again being criticized for his actions. This time, Paul sparked backlash after revealing a bizarre resolution for March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As he shared on his\u00a0<em>Impaulsive<\/em> podcast on Wednesday, he and co-host\u00a0<strong>Mike Majlak<\/strong> are currently vegan and sober. &#8220;January is sober vegan January and then February\u2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is fatal February,&#8221; Majlak added, meaning they would be consuming steaks and drinking alcohol. As for March, &#8220;It&#8217;s male-only March,&#8221; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to attempt to go gay for just one month,&#8221; he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"65.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"21\">\n<p>Well, the comment did not go unnoticed by the internet as critics tweeted in protest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looks like <s>#<\/s>LoganPaul is going gay for a month. Because a person can just flip a switch and be gay\/straight whenever they want,&#8221; YouTube blogger Donny Winter tweeted. &#8220;You&#8217;d think you&#8217;d learn from your past antics, Logan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Logan Paul &#8216;going gay&#8217; is disrespectful to the LGBTQ community it makes it look like being a gay is a choice which homophobic a&#8211;holes use as a attack on the gay community can we leave this a&#8211;hole in 2018 thank u, next,&#8221; another person commented on the social media forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that this man believes you can &#8220;go gay&#8221; and just turn it off for a month is troubling&#8230;disrespectful, and downright disgusting&#8221; another tweet read. &#8220;Logan, what you need to do is just stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.629856850716\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11.533742331288\">\n<p>Paul is no stranger to controversy. Shortly after his Japanese suicide forest video went live, the video was removed and he issued an apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s start with this\u2014I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; Logan began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/903043\/youtube-star-logan-paul-apologizes-after-posting-video-filmed-in-japanese-suicide-forest\" target=\"_blank\">a lengthy statement<\/a> to his millions of\u00a0Twitter\u00a0followers. &#8220;This is a first for me. I&#8217;ve never faced criticism like this before, because I&#8217;ve never made a mistake like this before. I&#8217;m surrounded by good people and believe I make good decisions, but I&#8217;m still a human being. I can be wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60.298045602606\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.762214983713\">\n<p>However, in the aftermath of the scandal, Paul was determined to continue his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good luck trying to cancel me,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/982220\/logan-paul-taunts-his-haters-good-luck-trying-to-cancel-me\" target=\"_blank\">previously told\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, in response to a\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em> article that included him on a list of people who had been &#8220;canceled&#8221; by the internet.\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s so easy for anyone to be like, &#8216;Logan Paul just ended his career. He&#8217;s done.&#8217; But the only person who will ever decide whether that&#8217;s true is me. Like, if I sleep for the rest of my life, maybe. But, like, dog: I love this s&#8211;t. This creating? It&#8217;s my passion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, Paul has not responded to the backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1004399\/1-year-after-japanese-suicide-forest-controversy-logan-paul-says-he-will-go-gay-for-a-month?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Livingston\/Getty Images Logan Paul is back in the headlines.\u00a0 A year after the controversial YouTube star came under fire for posting footage of what appeared to be a dead body after an apparent suicide in Japan&#8217;s Aokigahara forest, the 23-year-old star is once again being criticized for his actions. 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